I own a year 2000 build TDM 850, live in Bribane Australia and ride as often as I can. My TDM has done over 120,000km and has given no trouble.
I ride nearly every day and usually do a 500km loop somewhere around southern Queensland or Northern New South Wales on a Sunday. I like riding off road a bit, not trail work obviously with a TDM but gravel roads etc because it is more interesting.
The...

I was wondering if you can help. To explain... 6 weeks ago I bought a new Pan Euro from Fowlers of Bristol. After 3 weeks I started to notice, when the bike was warmed up/hot, a clucking/knocking sound when pulling away (sounded like it was coming from the gearbox or shaft area). This would go when the clutch was fully opened.
I took the bike to Fowlers and they found the shaft tensioner was...

British motorcyclists spend an average of almost £1,000 on kit every year, according to research by retailer Infinity Motorcycles.
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Leather goods account for the lion’s share of the £960 per annum average spend, with riders shelling out £321 each year on jackets and jeans.
Helmets were the next highest (£241), followed by textiles (£183), boots (£138), and...

Perhaps one of the most important things on any motorcycle is the tyres and it's important that you choose the correct type of tyres for your bike and your style of riding.
If all you do is commute to...

Having ridden motorcycles since the age of three, I thought there was bugger all my mucker Gaffs could tell me about bikes!
But after the obligatory half a gallon of grog on a Friday night, he convinced me to stop being a m**ge bag, and part with forty quid to have my suspension set up professionally! being an engineer, I was convinced that modern bikes come out of the factory set up to almost...

I am the proud owner of a brand new Moto Guzzi 1200 Sport and took collection of it on 1st March.
Having carefully run it in I left it with Corsa Italiana in Colliers Wood for its 600 mile service. I picked it up a couple of days later rode about 50 miles and put it away. I was going to go for a ride the next day but it wouldn't start.
Called breakdown recovery who turned up and got it started.

I have just purchased a bandit 1250 GT and when I got it home I found that you could not sit two people on the bike because of the position of the top box.
It sits over the back seat and means there...

The first round of results from the Safety Helmet Assessment and Rating Program (SHARP) helmet test scheme are on-track to be published during the spring, a spokesman for the Department for Transport...

Hi, bought a Triumph Daytona 675 masterclass a few months ago. Wanted to get the best exhaust sound but didn't want to lose the fantastic looks of the back end.
Bought a never been used end can off ebay for £35 and set about removing the baffle. It took some doing but after cutting, bashing, butchering and welding it was sorted.
Fitted it to the bike and what a sound. Took the bike to local...

Last year Michael Neeves ran his Yamaha R1 as both a road and race bike but this year, he's saving it just for track so to give him that extra edge he's getting full ohlins race suspension fitted.
Check out the video below to follow Neevesy and his R1 as the shiney new kit gets fitted and gives the bike a new lease of life.

British protection specialists KNOX have responded to a recent MAID survey with the release of their chest protector.
The MAID survey showed that 27% of chest injuries are critical, compared to only...